Touchdown Jesus: Why Notre Dame will win the big one

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are in the National Championship game for the first time since 1988.  Will Heisman Trophy finalist, South Carolina homeboy quarterback, and Jesus guide them to glory? Or will they become just another victim on Nick Saban's ridiculous list of Championships?  No way to tell, except to keep reading.

• #5. On defense he is Manti Te'o.  Definitely the best defensive player in the country, who has already won 6 awards this year and was a finalist for the Heisman trophy.  On offense he is Everett Golson, a Myrtle Beach boy who only thew 5 interceptions all year. He threw for 11 TD's and rushed for 5 in some pretty big games. 

• Fans.  Only the TRUE sports fans drink the Hater-ade when it comes to Notre Dame.  I'd put them up there with teams that people pull for when they have absolutely no idea who they want to win anything.  Other examples: the Red Sox, the Cowboys, Manchester United, UNC Tarheels.  The true sports fan thinks they only got #1 votes because the "masses" love them and I would be willing to bet what little money I have on the fact that more blue will be in Miami than red on January 7th.  The story of Notre Dame playing for a National Championship was just too cute to pass up. 

• Rudy.  What a great movie.  If a team bonding sesh breaks out the night before the big game complete with some thin mints and this movie, Bama's got no chance.

• Freedom.  As of late, conference commissioners and athletic directors across the country have been pondering and paying for their next big conference move.  While most schools are saying, "Give us more money", Notre Dame says "We don't need your money" aka "Our football program is better than yours." They sleep well at night knowing their air time is locked down, while a little TV network called NBC televises all of their home games.

• Touchdown Jesus.  If the help of talent, mass groups of fans, or the luck of the Irish won't bring home the BCS trophy, our Savior will.  Notre Dame's football stadium, which is officially called "Notre Dame Stadium" (it doesn't need naming rights aka "our stadium is better than yours") is known for its view of the famous mural from inside.  This mural, apparently a gift to the University, is Jesus holding up his arms like a referee signaling a touchdown. If that's not FAVOR, tell me what is.

Final Score of the BCS National Championship game (prediction) : 

Alabama - 17       Notre Dame - Ten Thousand times Ten Thousand